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Identification
Hosting Legal Entity
Self-standing RI
Legal Status
Research organisation
Location
Wandelaarkaai 7 (entrance: warehouse 48), InnovOcean site, Ostend, PO: 8400 (Belgium)
Structure
Type Of RI
Distributed, Mobile
Coordinating Country
Belgium
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Provider Country:
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Belgium
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Marine Station Ostend (MSO)
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Oceanographic Research Vessel Simon Stevin (RV Simon Stevin)
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RIB Zeekat
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Status
Status
Current Status:
Operational
since 1999
Scientific Description
The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) promotes accumulation of marine knowledge and excellence in marine research in Flanders. The marine research areas are the ocean and seas, the coast and the tidal systems. The target groups for knowledge accumulation are the marine research community as well as educational institutions, the general public, policymakers and the industry (within the scope of the blue economy).
RI Keywords
Multidisciplinary, Marine Research, Marine, Oceanographic, ROV, Marine and coastal research, Marine biology, Marine science, Research vessel, Marine Observations
Classifications
RI Category
Environmental Health Research Facilities
Biological/Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology/Nanotechnology Research Facilities
In situ Marine/Freshwater Observatories
Biological/Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology/Nanotechnology Research Facilities
In situ Marine/Freshwater Observatories
Scientific Domain
Chemistry and Material Sciences
Engineering and Energy
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biological and Medical Sciences
Engineering and Energy
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biological and Medical Sciences
ESFRI Domain
Environment
Health and Food
Health and Food
Services
data or assistance with data management
Scientific Diving Team
VLIZ has a scientific diving team consisting of seven members, supplemented with about five volunteers, all in the possession of the required diving certificates to perform scientific diving operations in the North Sea and the inland waters. The diving team is equipped with modern diving gear and safety equipment.
Equipment
Automated Infra-Red Inorganic Carbon Analyzer (AIRICA)
Multibeam sonar
plankton pump
FlowCAM
Sensor network for large birds
Portable Multibeam Sonar System
multi-corer vibrocorer
hyperbenthic sledge
zooSCAN
Vertical plankton net - WP2
Niskin bottle
Core Repository
Neuston net
Aeolian sand transport measuring system
CTD
Van Veen grab
Batcorder
Video frame
Go-flo bottle
Water tanks for marine organisms
Beam Trawl
Fish acoustic receiver network
Otter trawl
HydroFIA alkalinity system
Cryofreezer - 80°C
Augmented Reality Sandbox
Carrousel with six Niskin bottles
two binocular compound microscopes (Leica DM500 and DM1000)
Underway data acquisition system onboard the RV Simon Stevin
Wilson auto-siever
Sediment profile imaging (SPI)
Book scanner
Reineck box corer
Flow cytometer
Video plankton recorder
Secchi disc
Bongo net
Multi-transducer sub-bottom echosounder
Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Genesis
Methane sensor
Tripode
Apstein net
CalCoFi plankton net
Gilson Dredge
Sieving table
Singlebeam sonar
Fluorimeter
Cohesive Strength Meter (CSM)
MIK-net
two stereomicroscopes (Leica M80 and M205a)
Scatter and transmission meter LISST-100/200X
Fish sorting table
Hamon grab
Collaborations
Networks
European Research Vessels Operators (ERVO)
Eurofleets (FP7)
Date of last update: 22/05/2019
